Roman Republic - Silver denier - Manius Fonteius - Rome
Denier from the Republic (Roman Republicn Coinage) of Manius Fonteius, 85 B.C.FONTEIAsilverRef:B.9 (fonteia)– BMC/RR.– CRR.724– RRC.a– RSC.9– RCV.271– MAR.142– CMDRR.€)– MRR.€) Quality: VF20 mm; 3.82 g; 9 hA: MN. FONTEI. – C. F Head with laurels ofVejove on the right; below, a flash of lightning; front RA in monogram; counter-marked with a T.R: Anepigraphic, winged genie (child Jupiter) seated on the right on a goat (Almathea), with the starry hats of the Disocuri; on the edge, a thyrsus lying down; all within a laurel wreath, with milled edge all around.FONTEIA(85 B.C.) Manius FonteiusManius Fonteius, our monetary, would have been Quaestor Urbanus in 84 B.C. He was then legate in Spain (Hispania Ulterior) in 81 B.C., then legate in Macedonia in B.C. before becoming Praetor in 75 B.C. and finally Propraetor in Narbonne Gaul in B.C. (according to RE. II, 591, n°5).Guaranteed authenticity. Read More